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The Most Acclaimed Books of the 21st Century - Page 8

This list is composed of prize-winning books and entries on retrospective critics' lists from the past two decades. The sources are:
Man Booker Prize; Pulitzer Prize: Fiction, Drama; National Book Award: Fiction, Nonfiction; Hugo Award; Nebula Award; World Fantasy Award; PEN/Faulkner Award; Newberry Medal; Women's Prize for Fiction; Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction; National Book Critics Circle Award Fiction; Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
The Guardian 100 Best Books of 21st Century; Tournament of Books semi-finalists and winners 2005-2020; NYT Ten Best Books Through Time (2004-2020); NYT Best American plays Since ANGELS IN AMERICA; CrimeReads 10 Best Crime Novels of the Last Decade; Slate's Best Nonfiction from the Past 25 Years; AV Club's best comics of 2000-9/2010s; Vox best books of the 2010s; Lithub 10 Best Memoirs/Essay Collection of the 2010s; The Independent best essay collections of the 2010s; Vulture's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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Lab Girl (Hope Jahren)
Lab Girl
281
Hope Jahren
The Finkler Question (Howard Jacobson)
The Finkler Question
282
Howard Jacobson
The Boy in the Moon (Ian Brown)
The Boy in the Moon
283
Ian Brown
Travels in Siberia (Ian Frazier)
Travels in Siberia
284
Ian Frazier
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
285
Ian McEwan
Saturday (Ian McEwan)
Saturday
286
Ian McEwan
The North Water (Ian McGuire)
The North Water
287
Ian McGuire
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Ibram X. Kendi)
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
288
Ibram X. Kendi
The Down Days (Ilze Hugo)
The Down Days
289
Ilze Hugo
Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
Behold the Dreamers
290
Imbolo Mbue
Goodnight Punpun (Inio Asano)
Goodnight Punpun
291
Inio Asano
Apple and Knife (Intan Paramaditha)
Apple and Knife
292
Intan Paramaditha
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Isabel Wilkerson)
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
293
Isabel Wilkerson
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
294
Isabel Wilkerson
Dead End in Norvelt (Jack Gantos)
Dead End in Norvelt
295
Jack Gantos
Seeker (Jack Mcdevitt)
Seeker
296
Jack Mcdevitt
Fairview: A Play (Jackie Sibblies Drury)
Fairview: A Play
297
Jackie Sibblies Drury
The Love Bunglers (Jaime Hernandez)
The Love Bunglers
298
Jaime Hernandez
Lord of Misrule (Jaimy Gordon)
Lord of Misrule
299
Jaimy Gordon
Locking Up Our Own (James Forman Jr.)
Locking Up Our Own
300
James Forman Jr.
Delicious Foods (James Hannaham)
Delicious Foods
301
James Hannaham
American Elf (James Kochalka)
American Elf
302
James Kochalka
Deacon King Kong (James McBride)
Deacon King Kong
303
James McBride
The Good Lord Bird (James McBride)
The Good Lord Bird
304
James McBride
Shakespeare in a Divided America (James Shapiro)
Shakespeare in a Divided America
305
James Shapiro
The Golem's Mighty Swing (James Sturm)
The Golem's Mighty Swing
306
James Sturm
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right (Jane Mayer)
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
307
Jane Mayer
Why Are You Doing This? (Jason)
Why Are You Doing This?
308
Jason
The Infatuations (Javier Marías)
The Infatuations
309
Javier Marías
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Jeanette Winterson)
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
310
Jeanette Winterson
Concussion (Jeanne Marie Laskas)
Concussion
311
Jeanne Marie Laskas
Half Broke Horses (Jeannette Walls)
Half Broke Horses
312
Jeannette Walls
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (Jeff Chang)
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
313
Jeff Chang
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
314
Jeff Vandermeer
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke (Jeffrey C. Stewart)
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke
315
Jeffrey C. Stewart
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
316
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Marriage Plot (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Marriage Plot
317
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Shadow Year (Jeffrey Ford)
The Shadow Year
318
Jeffrey Ford
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
319
Jennifer Egan
Manhattan Beach (Jennifer Egan)
Manhattan Beach
320
Jennifer Egan
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